Puttu , Kerala special, with stepwise pictures

Puttu is a popular dish of Kerala . I first tasted it as a kid at my Papa’s sister late Veena akka’s place in Calicut . She was a wonderful cook and she would make it point to prepare it when she was in Mangalore or whenever we visited her. Though was not a great fan of it then , today it is one of my favourite snack . It makes a very heavy filling . It is served with a combination of chana curry often . Other companions are mutta curry( egg curry ) , steamed Kerala banana , chicken curry , fried papad , kapa curry (tapioca ) etc .

All these years I never was confident to try puttu on my own . I always prepared it with somebodys guidance . But recently my sister Shan taught me the technique and gave me the push which I needed . Thank you dear sister . Now I can prepare it anytime .

Today , here in the space I’m sharing the recipe of my dads sister late Veena akka’s recipe which my sister had saved . Well, in Kerala they specially order the puttu powder and get it done in the mill . But here we use readymade puttu powder which is easily available in the stores . The most popular brand available is ‘Nirapara ‘ which works fantastic to me . The procedure is so very simple , it happens in a jiffy .

One important thing required to prepare puttu is the special puttu utensil which is also easily available in most of the stores . There are 2 types of utensil as far as I know , one which is fixed to the pressure cooker and other comes as a full set known as a puttu steamer. I use the second one . Puttu utensil is cylindrical in shape .

Puttu is a replica of Mangalorean popular snack ‘ Mudo ‘ which I had posted sometime back but tastewise they are totally different . Different types of fillings are used in the puttu like chicken and many other things but commonly used is grated coconut . Stay tuned for the chana curry which will be my next post .